One of Kayle’s friend, Diego, told him about seeing Brandon around. Kayle knew it would be impossible, since Brandon was dead, so he went to the university to try to find something about it. He got to know that the man was called Friedrich Ashford and was the most important man in town, now. Doing some research, Kayle thought it was interesting, because there was not much about this man, but then, the Ashford family have always been very discreet. Their private life was almost a mystery to people. There was no mention about Brandon, so, why would it have about Friedrich, until he got to be the CEO of the Ashford Company? No, there was nothing that could justify him believing Friedrich was not real. ‘He must be Brandon’s brother’, he thought. If they looked like, it was normal, after all, they were blood related, right? Kayle decided to wait around and see. Diego told him that this Ashford guy was talking a lot with Lucy and that even Damon Montgomery picked a fight with him the oth
He was taken inside Brandon's residence, and looked around curiously. Remembering how Brandon lived in poverty, always with that hungry face, worn-out clothes, working low-paying jobs, he wondered why. Was it all pride? Was Brandon Ashford so proud that he wouldn't accept help from his own family? Or did they do something to get him to reject them?Not even Kayle's house, before his family lost everything, came close to Friedrich Ashford's. It was smaller, of course, than Ashford Manor, but still, it was an imposing house and the best Kayle had ever seen. He imagined Damon’s face if he could see that. The house in itself was enough to prove that Friedrich was way richer than the MontgomerysHe was led into a huge room, where Friedrich was sitting at the piano, with a glass of whiskey on top of the instrument. The song he played was Moonlight Sonata. Kayle wasn't a man who appreciated classical music, but this was his mother's favorite and therefore he knew it very well.Brandon listen
The next day, Brandon decided he was going to talk to Lucy about something important. He wanted their relationship to be more serious, because even though she saw him as Friedrich, he was still Brandon and he couldn't bear to know that officially, she was still tied to the damn bastard Damon Montgomery.If Damon was just an ex-boyfriend, or the fiancé she didn't love, okay, it would still be bad, but not so bad. The problem was that the man was a bad person. He had ordered someone killed, simply out of jealousy. Not even Brandon, after all he'd been through, would order to finish someone off like that for such a futile reason.Of course, he occasionally felt like punching Damon, just because the man had the gall to lust after Lucy. And so, he thought that if he went that route, he'd have to beat pretty much halfway around the world, since Lucy, in Brandon's eyes, was a woman desirable to any and every man.As he waited for her outside the college, his heart almost stopped. She was bea
*FLASHBACK*Kayle looked at Brandon, who was prostrate on the ground amid the puddle of rain, which was turning redder and redder as the blood drained from the boy's body.Despite the fact that he had beaten up not only Brandon but other people several times, Kayle had never killed anyone. Seeing a person with glassy eyes, staring at nothing, knowing he was responsible for that, was a more than traumatic moment for him. However, he didn't have time to think hard, as a person's scream echoed."Hey! What is going on over there?”Kayle nearly tripped over his own feet, but managed to get out of there without looking back.The man who saw a strange movement and decided to approach, almost choked when he saw a young man lying on the ground, bleeding and, apparently, dead. He called 911 and waited.The ambulance didn't take long to show up, taking Brandon to the hospital. He had no documents other than his gym card. They called there, since it was there informing them that he was an employe
“Ok, can you talk to her?” Rindley asked Lucy while she was heading to the door, in order to go to university. “No, Rindley! She doesn’t want to talk about it.” “She saw me, Lu. Please… just try.” He was pleading and Lucy knew that Rindley was not one to ask favors like that, begging. “Fine, I’ll see what I can do.”“Thank you!” He said with a big smile. Brandon was already waiting for Lucy. He asked to get her to college and she said yes, of course. She wanted to be around him all the time. Sometimes, Lucy got confused, because Friedrich was very different from Brandon. As much as they looked like, Friedrich was much more confident, had a self control that Brandon was still learning. Riedrich was also much stronger, physically. Lucy had not seen him without his shirt, but she saw it opened and she spent the night dreaming about that. Then, sometimes, Friedrich would say and do things as Brandon used to do. Even their kiss was the same. Maybe Friedrich was a bit more… demanding,
Simon Fairfax was waiting outside, nervously. Friedrich’s secretary called him and asked him to attend to the company, since her boss had something of greater importance to deal with Mr. Fairfax. “Just one more moment, sir, Mr. Ashford will receive you soon.” “Thank you.”Lucy was still in classes, so she didn’t know her father was there. When the redhead secretary asked Simon to enter Friedrich’s office, he nodded, took a deep breath and walked to the room. “Welcome, Mr. Fairfax. Please, sit.” Brandon asked, motioning to the chair in front of his desk. Simon nodded. “Hello, Mr. Ashford. Thank you.”“I’m the one who must show how much I appreciate your presence here.” Brandon said and gave Simon a faint smile. “I believe you, sir, must know about my relationship with your daughter.”Everybody knew. People didn’t talk about it. The media had no authorization from Brandon to spread photos or a word about it, but everybody knew that Lucinda Fairfax was engaged in a relationship wit
Brandon had a last-minute meeting and ended up having to text Lucy that she should take a cab to the company as Ellie would be at the meeting with him and couldn’t go fetch her, so."Everything is fine, love . As soon as the cab arrives, I’ll let you know. I love you." She replied and also sent kissing emojis. Brandon smiled as he read that, replying that he too loved her.As she walked out of class, she had barely stepped out of the building when someone grabbed her arm."Ouch!", she whimpered.“Do you think you can just end our engagement?” Damon glared at her with furious eyes. She was confused by what was happening.Yes, Lucy had told her parents that she wanted to end the engagement as she would not marry Damon, refusing to enter the church or even the registry office. But she didn't know that her parents had already communicated the decision to the Montgomerys. In fact, she didn't even know if they would actually agree with her.“Damon, let me go!” She begged and tried to free h
Ellie and Rindley followed the noise, until it stopped. “Who was it?”“It was not Friedrich, I think.” Ellie said. “Not that I have heard him screaming a lot, but…” She shrugged. Rindley pulled her to him and cupped her face, making her look straight at his eyes. “Did you and that guy… ?”She took a while to understand the meaning of his words. When she did, she wrinkled her nose. “Yikes! No!!” She said, pushing Rindley away. “How disgusting!” Rindley smiled, satisfied. “Good.”Ellie narrowed her eyes at him. “I don't know why you are so satisfied, Mr. Fairfax.”“Don’t you know? Well, then I have to make it clear: I am interested in you. romantically, I mean, just so you’ll have no more doubts.”Ellie bit her lower lip. “Hmmm…” She said, looking down. Then, she took a deep breath and looked ahead. “We will chat about this later. Now, let’s find out what the hell is going on around here.”Rindley nodded and they kept walking, until Rindley saw a hand. Instinctively, he put his